The Relation between Left Ventricular Function and Serum Ferritin in Major Β-Thalassemia

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Hashemi, Azam Sadat ID 1
Behjati, Seid Mostafa ID 2
Zaolfaghari, Farideh ID 3
Akhavane ghalibaf, Mahvash ID 4
Montazare Lotfe Elahi, Sima ID 5
Dehghani, Atefeh ID 6
beigomi, Mohsen ID 7

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چکیده

Abstract Objective Cardiac dysfunction is a major cause of death in patients with beta thalassemia. In these patients, repeated blood transfusion, ineffective erythropoiesis and increased gastrointestinal iron absorption lead to iron overload in the body and this induced heart failure. Left ventricular ejection fraction was measured in major beta thalassemia (β-Th) ...

کلیدواژه‌ها
β- thalassemia, ejection fraction, ferritin